Forschungszentrum Jülich

JUPITER AI Factory for Business and Science

With the JUPITER AI Factory, a central pillar of Europe’s AI infrastructure is being established in Jülich. Start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and industrial companies will have access to Europe’s first Exascale-class supercomputer JUPITER. The AI Factory is also open to research institutions and the public sector.

Knowledge. Creation.

Grasping the present. Shaping the future. We research to revolutionize information processing, to transform the energy sector, and to develop a biobased circular economy. Across disciplines, creatively, and successfully.

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Atmospheric Research

Aircraft Campaign: Climate Change in the Arctic

The Arctic is one of the regions most affected by climate change. Temperature in the region has risen around four times as much as the global average in recent decades. The ASCCI measurement campaign is investigating why the Arctic is warming so much faster than the rest of the Earth’s surface.

Vocational Training

17 FZJ Trainees Celebrate Successful Completion of Training

Last week saw 17 trainees at Forschungszentrum Jülich celebrate the successful completion of their vocational training. Their commitment and perseverance throughout their training were recognized at a farewell event held for those who graduated in winter 2025. In addition to the seven trainees who were awarded the overall grade of “very good”, seven others received the grade “good”.

Biotechnology

Research into the “Microbe of the Year 2025”

Corynebacterium glutamicum has been chosen as “Microbe of the Year 2025” due to its significant industrial importance. A worthy choice, according to researchers from the German Research Foundation’s (DFG) priority programme “InterZell”, in which Jülich scientists are also involved. The bacterium has been the subject of research within InterZell since 2019.

Our 3 strategic research priorities

Information

The priority of information combines Jülich research in three areas: simulation and data science in high-performance-computing (HPC), brain research, and research on bio- and nanoelectronic information technologies of the future. Quantum technologies are another priority at Jülich.

Energy

Jülich energy research concentrates on an energy system based on renewable energy. Scientists research technologies on all scales – from the atomic level right up to industrial innovations – covering the entire value chain from basic to applied research.

Bioeconomy

The sustainable bioeconomy is a biobased circular economy that does away with fossil resources and utilizes renewable resources instead. Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich are developing new value creation processes.

Helmholtz Research Fields

As a founding member of the Helmholtz Association, we are part of the largest German research organization and contribute our top-class expertise to four of the six Helmholtz Research Fields: Energy, Matter, Information, and Earth & Environment.

At Jülich, we conduct research in the fields of digital transformation, climate protection, the energy transition, and the sustainable circular economy. Our research strengthens the technological and digital sovereignty of our country. It is important to me to use the potential that arises from scientific findings and innovations for practical application.
Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht, Chair of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich

Topics

JUPITER

JUPITER, the first European exascale supercomputer, is set to be launched at Forschungszentrum Jülich. JUPITER is the first system in Europe with a computing power of more than one quintillion floating-point operations per second

AI

AI is already revolutionizing many areas of life. With our infrastructure and expertise, we are working towards fully and safely exploiting the potential of this technology in the future.

Quantum technologies

Quantum computers are changing computing in a fascinating way. At Jülich, we are testing systems and prototypes that users from all over Europe can utilize for their development work.

Neuromorphic computing

Computers modelled on the brain have the potential to be much more energy-efficient than conventional computers. We are developing concepts for neuromorphic systems.

Sustainability

Our findings make an important contribution to achieving global sustainability goals. Our research is also sustainable and we use resources responsibly.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen is set to become a mainstay of the energy transition. But sustainable and marketable technologies are needed first. We are testing possible solutions.

Battery research

Nothing works without powerful batteries – be it everyday life or the energy transition. We are working on next-generation batteries that will meet the demands of a climate-neutral energy system.

Atmosphere and Climate

Often invisible to the human eye, they influence the global climate: chemical and physical processes in the atmosphere. We are tracking down these processes.

effzett - Forschungszentrum Jülich's magazine: Don’t stress me out!

The way in which young people deal with mental health problems depends, among other things, on the structure of their brain – or, to be precise, on the presence of a well-developed protective layer for neurons, the myelin sheath.